Fields of Research

Aquaculture
Animal nutrition
Technical, further and workplace education
Fisheries sciences
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Fish pests and diseases
Post-harvest fisheries technologies (incl. transportation)
Food safety, traceability, certification and authenticity
Conservation and biodiversity
Ecological applications
Fish physiology and genetics
Logistics
Fisheries management
Carbon sequestration science
Carbon capture engineering (excl. sequestration)
Wildlife and habitat management
Pollution and contamination
Electrical and electromagnetic methods in geophysics
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Agricultural land management
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Ocean engineering

Research Objectives

Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Fisheries - aquaculture
Aquaculture rock lobster
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Aquaculture molluscs (excl. oysters)
Other education and training
Marine biodiversity
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Fisheries - wild caught
Aquaculture prawns
Grain legumes
Aquaculture crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Prepared animal feed
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Hydrogen production from fossil fuels
Renewable energy
Coastal sea freight transport
Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water)
Management
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Aquaculture oysters
Technological and organisational innovation

Career Best Publications

Optimal dietary protein level for juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii at two lipid levels; Aquaculture
Predicting glycogen concentration in the foot muscle of abalone using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS); Food Chemistry
Prospects of using marine actinobacteria as probiotics in aquaculture ; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
The effect of feeding frequency on water quality and growth of the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon); Aquaculture

Research Publications

An evaluation of the nutritional value of alternative lipid sources to juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii; Aquaculture
Assessment of soybean enteritis like condition on juvenile yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi held under different feed and temperature regimes
Biological value to Atlantic salmon of lupin kernel meal compared with soybean at different inclusions and at elevated water temperatures; 13th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Biological value to Atlantic salmon of lupin kernel meal compared with soybean at different inclusions and water temperatures ; Aquaculture Feed Grants Program. Final report to Grains and Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. Fisheries Research Report (Western Australia) No. 178, 2009
Challenges of mapping certificate and tertiary courses; Aqua Ed 2010
Commercial Development of High Value Algal Products for Aquaculture; World Aquaculture Society Asian-Aquaculture 2009
Comparison of macroalgal (Ulva and Grateloupia spp.) and formulated terrestrial feed on the growth and condition of juvenile abalone; Journal of Applied Phycology
Comparison of three inert markers in measuring apparent nutrient digestibility of juvenile abalone under different culture condition and temperature regimes; The 2nd International Symposium on Marine and Fisheries Research
Developing formulated feeds for the aquaculture of southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii; 7th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management
Development and assessment of novel endogenous markers in commercial aquafeeds to measure apparent digestibility in large Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) on salmon farms; Aquaculture
Effect of body mass and activity on the metabolic rate and ammonia-N excretion of the spiny lobster Sagmariasus verreauxi during ontogeny; Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Effect of different protein levels on growth performance and feed utilization of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis at two temperatures; ANNIMS Third conference
Effect of elevated temperature on astaxanthin deposition and distribution in the fillet of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) post-smolt; 18th International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding
Effect of temperature and varying level of carbohydrate and lipid on growth, feed efficiency and nutrient digestibility of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814); Animal Feed Science and Technology
Effective strategies for feeding aquaculture species; Nutrition Society of Australia 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting
Effects of different protein and carbohydrate levels on growth performance and feed utilisation of brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814), at two temperatures; Journal of Applied Ichthyology
Elevated water temperature and nutrition of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); Aquaculture Europe 2008
Feed Development Studies in Southern Rock Lobster J. edwardsii; Aquafest Australia 2002
Feed development studies in southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii; Aquafest Australia 2002
Feeding and nutrition of pre-harvest Atlantic salmon in seawater RAS at four temperatures; 17th International Symposium on Feeding and Nutrition of Fish
Growth and biochemistry of the spiny lobster Sagmariasus verreauxi cultured at low and high density from hatch to puerulus; Aquaculture
Growth and feed utilisation of juvenile greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata) in response to water temperatures and increasing dietary protein levels; Aquaculture
Growth performance, nutrient utilisation and digestibility by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fed Tasmanian grown white (Lupinus albus) and narrow-leafed (L. angustifolius) lupins; Aquaculture
Heterogeneous astaxanthin distribution in the fillet of Atlantic salmon post-smolt at elevated temperature is not affected by dietary fatty acid composition, metabolic conversion of astaxanthin to idoxanthin, or oxidative stress; Aquaculture
Histology and principal components analysis of lipid class storage in southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii fed non-traditional oil sources; XII International Symposium Fish Nutrition & Feeding
Ingested plastic and trace element concentrations in short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris); Marine Pollution Bulletin
Ingredient affects growth in juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii: histological and lipid changes associated with growth; 2003 World Aquaculture Meeting
Innovations in Marine Biotechnology and Bioresources for Sustainable Development
Integrating industry and research in aquaculture teaching and learning; Aqua-Ed'06
Optimal dietary protein level for juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii at two lipid levels; Aquaculture
Pigment depletion in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) starved at high temperature: effect of dietary carotenoid type and vitamin E level; 17th International Symposium on Feeding and Nutrition of Fish
Pigment-depletion in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) post-smolt starved at elevated temperature is not influenced by dietary carotenoid type and increasing α-tocopherol level; Food Chemistry
Predicting glycogen concentration in the foot muscle of abalone using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS); Food Chemistry
Prospects of using marine actinobacteria as probiotics in aquaculture ; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Protein and energy nutrition of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) at optimal and elevated temperatures; Aquaculture Nutrition
Protein and energy requirements of the juvenile southern rock lobster J. edwardsii
Protein and lipid nutrition of juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii
Protein and protein to energy responses of small juvenile southern rock lobster J. edwardsii
Recovery periods of cultured spiny lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi juveniles: Effects of handling, force feeding, exercising to exhaustion and anaesthesia on oxygen consumption and ammonia-N excretion rates; Aquaculture
Relationships between growth and retention of dietary lipids in juvenile southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii; Twenty-seventh Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia
Screening of marine Streptomyces spp. for potential use as probiotics in aquaculture; Aquaculture:
Seawater ozonation and formalin disinfection for the larval culture of eastern rock lobster, Jasus (Sagmariasus) verreauxi, phyllosoma; Aquaculture: An International Journal Devoted to Fundamental Aquatic Food Resources
Sourcing practices matter more than ingredients for the environmental footprint of salmon aquaculture feeds; World Aquaculture Society
Tertiary Aquaculture Education in Tasmania; Aqua Ed Conference 2010
The effect of feeding frequency on water quality and growth of the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon); Aquaculture
The effect of stocking density on growth, metabolism and ammonia-N excretion during larval ontogeny of the spiny lobster Sagmariasus verreauxi; Aquaculture
The response of digestive enzyme activities and gut histology in yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) to dietry fish oil substitution at different temperatures; Aquaculture
The use of a soy product in juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) feeds at different water temperatures: 2. Soy protein concentrate; Aquaculture: An International Journal Devoted to Fundamental Aquatic Food Resources
The use of a soy product in juvenile yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) feeds at different water temperatures: 1. solvent extracted soybean meal; Aquaculture
Uncovering the sub-lethal impacts of plastic ingestion by shearwaters using fatty acid analysis; Conservation Physiology

Research Projects

Experimental Platforms for Aquaculture Production; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Fish Meal Replacement in Aquaculture Feeds: Tracing the Use of Plant Based Proteins and Lipids in Crustacean Body Tissues; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Key Challenges for Offshore/High Energy Salmon Aquaculture Production; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Logistics challenges to offshore co-location of aquaculture & energy industries; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Marine Links Extension - Aquaculture; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Optimising feeds to support ecosystem-based aquaculture; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Optimising Prawn Nutrition; Marinova Pty Ltd (MARINOVA)
Optimising Prawn Nutrition for growth performance under suboptimal conditions; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Understanding Quality in Abalone; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Assessing the biological value of Tasmanian grown lupins in salmon feeds
Dietary carotenoid utilisation at high temperature by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Ingredient assessment of locust and grasshopper meal, for inclusion in salmonid feeds
Optimising dietary phosphorus inclusion to reduce skeletal deformity in triploid Atlantic salmon
Salmonid Nutrition and Performance
Salmonid Nutrition and Performance - Fish & Digestibility Chemical Analyses
Sustainable Feeds and Feed Management for Yellowtail Kingfish
Tasmanian Smart Seafood Partnership
The effect of different dietary treatments on the growth performance of rainbow trout at winter water temperatures
The impact of culture condition on biochemical egg content in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon

Research Candidate Supervision

Dietary carotenoid utilisation at high temperature by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
Optimising prawn nutrition for growth performance under suboptimal conditions
Physiological Responses to Different Environmental and Culture Conditions during Ontogeny of the Spiny Lobster, Sagmariasus verreauxi
Protein and Energy Nutrition of Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814)
Skin Colour, Colour Preferences and Retinal Structure of Pot Bellied Seahorse, Hippocampus abdominalis
Understanding Quality in Abalone